Use and Diversity of Palm (Arecaceae) Resources in Central Western Brazil
Table 2
Descriptions of the 10 categories of use identified for palms in the Kalunga community Engenho II, Cavalcante, GO, central western Brazil.
Category of use
Description
Food/direct use
The consumption of fruits or other plant parts occurs in natura.
Food/cooking
The part used (fruit, seed, palm heart) is manipulated for the consumption of juice, cake, dessert, porridge, oil, and meal.
Food/animal feed
Used to feed domestic animals.
Handicrafts
Household items (“tapiti,” sieve, “quibano”), rustic furniture (sofa, bookshelf, table), decorative objects, and direct use of any part of the plant (e.g., using the sheath of a buriti palm as a dustpan).
Construction
Construction and/or coverage of ranches, houses, kitchens, hen houses, and pigsties.
Medicinal/cosmetic
Use of any part of the palm, alone or manipulated with other species for the manufacture of homemade medicine and cosmetics (only one cosmetic use was cited).
Ritual
Decoration in religious ceremonies and blessings.
Fertilizer
Use of decomposed plant parts as fertilizer.
Biofuel
Use of dried leaves to light fires and of dried fruits as charcoal.
